Partners
The Access Project has served as a resource center for local communities working to improve health and healthcare access since 1998 and is a program of Third Sector New England.
The Access Project is a research affiliate of the Schneider Institute for Health Policy at Brandeis University. The Schneider Institute is part of Brandeis' Heller School for Social Policy and Management. The work of The Access Project embodies the Heller School motto, "Knowledge Advancing Social Justice".
The Access Project works with consumer, low-income membership, and advocacy organizations; hospitals and health systems; faith-based initiatives; local foundations; public health departments; and other groups engaged in efforts to improve health in their communities. All of our partner organizations have in common an approach that values the involvement of community members in their improvement efforts and a record of providing leadership in their communities.
The Access Project also collaborates closely with a number of national organizations such as ACORN, The Association for Community Health Improvement, Community Catalyst, the Health Research and Educational Trust, the Health Resources and Services Administration, National Consumer Law Center, and the National Health Law Program. In addition, we work with academic experts around the country who are interested in sharing their knowledge with, and learning from, our partners in their communities.
The Access Project collaborates with numerous local organizations. Our recent local partners include, but are not limited to, the following organizations:
Florida- Florida Rural Legal Services, The Glades Initiative, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Community Health Alliance, People Engaged in Active Community Efforts in West Palm Beach (PEACE), United Way of Palm Beach County
Iowa- HOME Inc., Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, The Institute for Social and Economic Development, Making Connections Des Moines, Neighborhood Health Initiatives
Kansas- Flint Hills Community Health Center, Grace Med Clinic, Hunter Health Care, United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries, Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Kansas Health Consumers Coalition, Kansas Farmers Union
Massachusetts-Massachusetts Oral Health Advocacy Task Force
Missouri- St. Louis University School of Law Center for Health Law Studies, St. Louis Area Jobs with Justice, Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition, SEIU Missouri State Council
Oklahoma - The Community Action Program of Tulsa County
In developing collaborations, The Access Project favors efforts and partners that:
- Demonstrate the potential to improve health through community-based research and/or social action.
- Actively involve affected community members.
- Reflect the diversity of their community.
- Have the potential to achieve policy change.
- Generate knowledge of use to all participants.
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